Building predictive models for aquaculture suitability based on remote sensing data and climate change modelling.Conducting systematic reviews of literature surrounding the use of aquaculture for parasitic disease control in Brazil.Writing scientific manuscripts based upon primary data gathered over the last three years and guiding them towards publishing.

Research partner in a three-year, NERC-funded multinational project focused on predicting and controlling schistosomiasis prevalence in Côte d’Ivoire and Brazil. Remaining PhD requirements cannot be finished before 1 January 2024 due to part-time status.Planned, developed, and assisted in the coding of a JavaScript-based tool for predicting the medium and long-term suitability of regions in west Africa for aquaculture based on live climate models. Currently found on Google Earth… Show more Research partner in a three-year, NERC-funded multinational project focused on predicting and controlling schistosomiasis prevalence in Côte d’Ivoire and Brazil. Remaining PhD requirements cannot be finished before 1 January 2024 due to part-time status.Planned, developed, and assisted in the coding of a JavaScript-based tool for predicting the medium and long-term suitability of regions in west Africa for aquaculture based on live climate models. Currently found on Google Earth Engine.Lead field research in rural Côte d’Ivoire on two separate occasions totalling 8 weeks, managing a team of 3-4 technicians conducting fish sampling, drone surveys, and extensive in-person interviews with seafood sector workers.Performed DNA extraction followed by quantitative PCR and metabarcoding on several dozen samples.Published on this work in high-impact journals, with one currently in-press and three more in progress. Sole author on multiple grants and saw multiple contracts through to delivery.Substitute lecturer for undergraduate and graduate-level courses on marine ecology and aquaculture (8 hours total as of April 2023). Sole organizer of a three-hour panel debate on the future of Ivorian aquaculture for the SRI2022 conference in Pretoria, South Africa (delivered via Zoom). Developed and published the HotFish podcast series in late 2021, dedicated to illustrating how climate change is experienced by early career aquaculture researchers through their work. Show less

Prepare and analyse geospatial files used to inform EIAs in the aquaculture sector using IDRISI/TerrSet and QGIS; viewshed analysis, visual impact, cost/distance, etc.Develop and perform QA on several Python-and Excel-based freshwater aquaculture site selection models for the EU’s Horizon 2020 TAPAS model toolboxEvaluate several different GIS-based freshwater basin models (ArcSWAT, QSWAT, SWAT2Lake, WET) for use in aquaculture (concluding research that was started during my… Show more Prepare and analyse geospatial files used to inform EIAs in the aquaculture sector using IDRISI/TerrSet and QGIS; viewshed analysis, visual impact, cost/distance, etc.Develop and perform QA on several Python-and Excel-based freshwater aquaculture site selection models for the EU’s Horizon 2020 TAPAS model toolboxEvaluate several different GIS-based freshwater basin models (ArcSWAT, QSWAT, SWAT2Lake, WET) for use in aquaculture (concluding research that was started during my Master’s thesis)Write user guides and technical documents for multiple Excel- and GIS-based modelsQualitatively and quantitatively compare QSWAT and other more recent GIS-based models to widely used but more generalised phosphorus-loading models (Dillon-Rigler, OECD etc.) in terms of precision, accuracy, ease-of-use and flexibility.Use GIS, satellite images and archival data to develop bathymetry maps for multiple Scottish lake systems Show less